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Black Men and Cancer

Published in June 16th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest, Society

I did my blood test on Monday morning of last week for my first ever PSA exam. PSA stands for prostate-specific antigen. I turned 40 this year and it’s time to see if the family tendency for prostate problems is trying to minifest itself in me. Our old perceptions and taboos that we historically haven’t […]

…they shouted, “Play that funky music!”…”got to keep on playin’ funky music”…

Published in June 16th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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I heard some Wild Cherry recently and since I haven’t hit you with a good oldie in a minute I figured now would be a good time to get your motors running again.
Ready to get your day started with a jam before you hit the door? Turn up your computer speakers and make your monitors […]

Here’s How You Add the Linkedin Widget

Published in June 13th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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Here’s a link to the section of Linked in that explains how to select the widget button you want to add to your blog. Click on the Promote Profile link on the page that this link sends you to.
The widget allows your readers to jump into your Linkedin profile in case they want to network […]

Link Up On Linkedin

Published in June 13th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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If you haven’t set up a Linkedin account go ahead and do it now. You’ll be amazed how quickly you’ll catch up with old friends and colleagues. I’ve already hooked up with a bunch of my fellow Tuskegee University alumni.
I’m waiting to be approved by the Toastmasters International, INROADS, AfroSpear and Entrepreneur.com groups. Click […]

Embed YouTube Videos Into Your E-mails

Published in June 11th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest, Programming/Coding, Toastmasters International

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I figured out a new trick! I feel like such a smart guy. Guess what? Did you know you could embed YouTube clips into your e-mails the same way you do on a blog? It’s just a code copy-and-paste. When you send the e-mail, your recipients will see the middle of the bracketed “object” embed […]

Missouri Has the Cheap Gas…So Far

Published in June 10th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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With the ongoing national fuss over rising fuel prices, here’s a link from my home state providing some good behind the scenes analysis. Thanks to my home girl Tia Gigger for the email link to the story. Not everything is a conspiracy, people. It’s just good old world scale supply and demand.
The real problem is […]

Golf 101 (What, You Haven’t Signed Up Already?)

Published in June 5th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Business, General Interest

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Well at Auburn University it’s PHED 1520 but whatever you want to call it I’m learning golf this semester. In addition to taking my toughest computer science course in summer school I’m also working on the relational side of re-entering the workforce in a couple of years. From now on whenever somebody says “Tournament time!” […]

History

Published in June 4th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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My Friends’ Dad Is A Train Driver

Published in May 22nd, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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After completing a rather rough spring semester I finally got a chance this week to get back to giving speeches in my Toastmasters club, the Talk of the Town Toastmasters. After nearly a year of focusing on rebuilding the club I now have some time to work on advancing to my next public speaking certification. […]